Climate averages 1991–2020
Soweto weather
in July.
A mild, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Soweto: daytime highs average 16.9°C and nights cool to about 2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 39 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Roodepoort (12 km away). In July its highs average 16.4°C, 0.5°C cooler than Soweto, with 3.2 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Soweto ranks 82nd of 95 for the warmest July highs and joint 21st of 95 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 95 cities is 18.5°C; Soweto is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 20.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.2 mm to 9.7 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Soweto climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 132 | 16.9 | 13.614 h |
| February | 24.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 118 | 14.4 | 13.013 h |
| March | 23.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 90 | 12.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 45 | 7.3 | 11.511 h |
| May | 19.0°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 18 | 3.1 | 10.811 h |
| June | 16.7°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 8.1 | 1.4 | 10.511 h |
| July, selected | 16.9°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| August | 20.1°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 9.7 | 1.9 | 11.211 h |
| September | 24.2°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 21 | 3.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 73 | 10.4 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.7°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 99 | 13.9 | 13.413 h |
| December | 24.9°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 141 | 18.4 | 13.714 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Roodepoort in JulySouth Africa · 12 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 2.3°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Randfontein in JulySouth Africa · 18 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 2.8°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Johannesburg in JulySouth Africa · 20 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 2.2°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Westonaria in JulySouth Africa · 22 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 3.2°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Krugersdorp in JulySouth Africa · 22 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 2.5°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Randburg in JulySouth Africa · 24 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 3.1°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Alberton in JulySouth Africa · 26 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Tokoza in JulySouth Africa · 29 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 2.9°C · 3.1 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Soweto) is explained once on the Soweto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Roodepoort, Westonaria and Randfontein lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.